ScienceDaily: Critical Gaps Cited In Evidence For How Best To Treat Children's Behav...

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Research published earlier this year showed a five-fold increase in the use of antipsychotic drugs to treat behavioral and emotional problems in children and adolescents from 1993 to 2002. <br> The Working Group’s report identifies and calls attention to several “notable gaps” in the knowledge base upon which psychotropics are currently being prescribed, including anti-depressants and anti-psychotics. The report furthermore notes that existing evidence for both psychosocial and psychopharmacologcial treatments are “uneven across disorders, age groups, and other defining characteristics of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status”.